Improved awl



SHE.. TOTTEN.

, AWL.

VPatentedJune 18, 1867.

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Letters Patent No. 65,843, dated Jima 18, 1,867.

IMPROVED AWL.'

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, SINEUS E. TOTTEN, 'of Brooklyn, in the 'county of Kings, and State-of New York, have invented a new and useful improvement in Awls; and that the following description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, hereinafter referred to, forms a full and exact specification of the same, wherein I have set forth the nature and principles of my sa-id improvements, by which my invention may be distinguished from all others of a similar class, together with'such parts as I claim, and desire to Vhave secured to me by Letters Patent.' l

The object of this invention is to facilitate the operation of sewing leather, and all substances of a similar natur- 0, and it applies to the arts, particularly in the process of shoe and harness-making, where bristles are used on the thread. y And the invention consists in forming the awl (whether straight or curved, as represented in the drawing with a `groove on its sidefiu which groove the bristle is passed through theleather, es will be hereinafter more fully described, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification.

l Figure 1 represents a view of the operation of sewing leather.

Figure -Q represents an ordinary shoemakers awl with a groove in its upper side.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts. l

A is the awl; B represents the leather, and C is the thread, with the bristle passed through the leather in the groove of the awl. The groove is seen in ig..2, at D.` It commences near the pointof the awl, being either round or angular in form, and extending longitudinally in the awl towards the handle somewhat farther than the awl is intended to penetrate;

In the process of sewing, the operator, when he pierces the leather, usually gives the awl a rapid rotary motion for the purpose of making a clear, round hole through the leather, and also because the awl penetrates the leather easier by so doing. 4 It is reaming out the hole, not so' much for the purpose of making it larger as to make a clean hole which will not close when the awl is withdrawn. When the awl has been forced through the leather in this manner, and a clean, round hole is formed, as is ordinarily done, it will partially close up when the awl is withdrawn, and it requires a sharp eye and much skill to put the bristle in the hole, although it maybe in some measure guided by the receding point of the awl. p Y

With my improved awl there is no diiculty-whatever. The awl is not withdrawn until the bristle is passed through in the groove, which is-donc with the utmost facility. It is a plain and straight-forward operation, which requires no straining V`of the eyes and no second trial. It is one of those simple devices by which a serious diih'cnlty is overcome, the advantages of which must be obvious to all.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 'As a new article of manufacture, an awl, having'a longitudinal groove, D, as herein set forth for the purpose specified.

S. E. TOTTEN.

Witnesses:

E. A. TAYLOR, LYDIA C. 'lfout'frnim` 

